Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine key emerging trends in sourcing of business services. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is primarily theoretical and observational. It is based on the author's review of major academic and managerial publications, extensive interactions...

Purpose: In the process of school-to-work transition, the role of general education and vocational education and training (VET) remains quite central. Based on the human capital theory, we estimate whether investment in VET brings additional returns for workers across the age cohorts....

In 2007-2008, short-term migrants (STMs) constituted 4.35% of the rural workforce in India and a total of 9.25 million rural households included STMs. Using nationally representative data for rural India, this paper examines differences in consumption expenditure across households with and...